[mythtv] Help - how to patch 0.9.0-rc5 on Debian unstable?

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 19 November 2002 12:06 am, dschwarz@bellatlantic.net wrote:
> OK, so now I'm hitting the infamous hang problem as well.  Switch channels
> and the system locks up tight.  I'm using Alsa 0.9.0-rc5 (Debian unstable
> binary packages).  Looks like I'll be waiting awhile for the packagers to
> update to rc6 or later,  so I'm thinking about getting the Debian source
> package and applying the patch myself.
>
> I haven't worked with Debian source packages before, so can anyone provide
> some tips (or better yet, a walkthru) on how to get the source package,
> patch it, and build it?

I'd just build your own kernel and alsa modules, as it's fairly easy to do 
both in a single command with make-kpkg.  You'll have the full source to the 
alsa drivers sitting in /usr/src/modules, so you can easily patch things 
manually.

Isaac